NY Bill is right on target by allowing the weeds to grow tall, but in addition to his reasoning, I offer this information. Worms (specificically the "barber pole worm") generally do not travel farther than 4" up a stalk of grass. If you allow the grass to grow to 8" tall or taller, then as the deer graze on the tops of the grass and weeds, they are not exposed to the worm load they would get from shorter stems.
heat stroke
- Thread starter flyingshamrock
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It is so hot and dry here we are losing 100+ year old oaks everyday. We have lost a few 1-3 day old fawns due to excessive heat and dehydration. We started setting up the water troughs so they overflow and the fawns can lay in the water/mud and cool down. Since we have been doing this we havnt lost any fawns.
Scott Heinrich said:
Scott: Is this true for other parasites also, I had trouble with coccida for the last 2 years bad. I always kept my pens mowed, this year I have not mowed them at all. I have not had 1 case of coccida as of yet. Knock on wood.
NYBill said:
When it is this hot out my deer will play and lay down in the shallow end of the pond.
spoke to damn soon went out tonight dead fawn healthy as a horse earlier today, I think she hit the fence and broke her neck though. Damit this sucks!
so sad to hear that uncle Harley... caring for these beautiful creatures is often so heartbreaking. I share your pain and hope you it doesn't bring you down too much. You have helped many fawns this year, I am sure of it, with your great advice.
Thanks Lanasvet, it was deffantly a roller coaster ride with her. She was a suprise baby that if found an hr later would have been dead. We nursed her through that, then a few weeks ago she had a reaction to wormer and was falling down dragging her nose in the dirt, and I nursed her through that. THen she does something stupid and zigged when she should have zagged. Sad in deed. She will live on in our hearts and our living room forever ( I saved her skin from the autopsy and I will mount her per my daughters request)
STEROIDS!!!! First check temps!! Here in Texas we have had over 38 days of above 100F and at least 2 weeks over 104F.. The ground is radiating heat. If temp is 105, the ground is about 120+F, therefore- weak fawns- take temp- if above 103F, 1. cold baths until temp drops to 102 2. 1 cc per fawn in muscle or 2 cc per 100 lbs in muscle to adults, SQ fluids- fawns 100 mls sq twice a day for a few days then thinkj about antibiotics after stable such as excede at 3 cc per 100 lbs sq.. 3. cold water enemas work great and the fawns can absorb fluids thru rectal wall quickly!! Think steroids and fluids first!! steroids will drop temp and decrease swelling on the brain as temps drops and fluids increase.. If fawns make it after 2 days, give excede.. You can place sprinklers in pens in shaded areas for a few hrs per day to cool ground down and the fawns.. REMEMBER STEROIDS and FLUIDS FIRST to get temp down, but not too fast!!!!!